Premises Liability
The collapse of the Dallas Cowboys indoor practice facility is the basis for the complaint filed recently by two seriously injured employees. Filed in Texas state court, the suit alleges gross...
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Portland Injury Lawyer Oregon Accident Attorney for Serious Personal Injuries Our Portland injury law firm provides aggressive representation for Oregonians who have sustained serious injuries after...
View ArticleStudy finds early mesothelioma from asbestos diagnosis possible
Oregon ranked 22nd among states for malignant mesothelioma deaths in the most recent data published by the Centers for Disease Control. The rare form of fatal lung cancer is linked with asbestos...
View ArticleChildren’s drawstring sweatshirts may cause serious injury or death
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) this week announced an agreement with Kohl’s department stores in which the mid-sized retailer will pay a $425,000.00 civil penalty for failing to report...
View ArticleRetaliation and disability discrimination
When trucker Sherrie Herbert’s employer fired her soon after she reported carbon monoxide poisoning from fumes in her truck cab, she sued for retaliation and discrimination. An Oregon trial court...
View ArticleTraumatic brain injury and high school sports
Junior and senior high school athletics are the pride of many communities, but the young athletes who play football and other contact sports may be at risk of serious permanent harm due to traumatic...
View ArticleMedical alert buttons may cause serious personal injury
Seniors and others at risk of falls or other health emergencies often wear personal help buttons to summon aid if needed. Unfortunately, some of these medical devices may themselves put patients at...
View ArticleRecord mesothelioma verdict for pipefitter’s wife and family
A Tennessee jury this week agreed that mesothelioma caused the death of Wayne Jackson, who worked as a pipefitter for over twenty years. Airborne particles containing microscopic asbestos fibers can...
View ArticleEEOC serves McDonald’s for sexual harassment
The Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (“EEOC”) has filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey against McDonald’s, alleging the fast food giant engaged in unlawful...
View ArticleIntra-articular pain pumps can cause chondrolysis and damage shoulder cartilage
The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has reviewed reports of chondrolysis (necrosis and destruction of cartilage) in patients given continuous intra-articular infusions of local anesthetics with...
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What is a Wrongful Death Case?
A long time ago when lawyers spoke Latin, it was said that personal injury actions die with the person. The death of either a wrongdoer who caused harm or his or her victim eliminated any claim that...
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How a Personal Injury Attorney Can Help by Not Acting as a Lawyer
Working to recover full compensation for someone who’s been hurt by negligence or wrongful conduct is part of the missions of a plaintiff’s lawyer. But the lawyer’s part of the attorney-client...
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What is Discrimination Based onUse of a Service Dog?
Regardless of the definition of “service” or “assistance” animal under Oregon or other state law, the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) prohibits disability-based discrimination by employers,...
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Oregon Animal Law Stumbles After Recent Landmark Criminal Case
The Oregon Supreme Court last year affirmed a Court of Appeals decision that authorized a criminal sentence to reflect harm to individual animal victims of abuse. Until State v. Nix,1 multiple counts...
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What to Expect When Searching for a Personal Injury Lawyer
Most of us have no expectation of ever being a plaintiff. Often, the first visit by a seriously injured person to a personal injury attorney may be his or her first visit to any attorney. It’s simple...
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Neck and Back Injury After a Low-Speed Motor Vehicle Collision
If you’ve felt chronic neck or back pain after what might seem like a “minor” collision because there wasn’t much damage to the cars, you might be inclined to dismiss the possibility that the crash...
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Workers’ Comp Claims Must Be Accepted or Denied Even if They Involve Only...
A new Oregon Court of Appeals opinion upholds an injured employee’s right to a clear decision accepting or denying his or her workers’ compensation claim in a timely manner. The court rejected the comp...
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Why Most “Accidents” Shouldn’t Really Be Called Accidents
Dictionaries usually define “accident” as something like “an event that causes injury or damage and occurs by chance.” “Every time that anybody is injured it is commonly spoken of as “an accident,”...
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Graphically Proving Pain and Suffering in Low-Speed Collision Injury Cases
A vehicle crash may do little, if any, harm to the vehicles. Many low-speed crashes, however, do a great deal of harm to their victims. Neck and back pain caused by a collision injury can persist for...
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Some Things that Make an Elderly Plaintiff’s Injury Case Different
It seems sensible to conclude that an elderly injury causes greater harm than an injury earlier in life. Older people, for example, “are more likely to break bones in falls because many older people...
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